"Financial and job uncertainty are among the biggest stressors in an individual's life," said Kelly Wilkes, Ojas' owner.

Added co-owner Rex Wilkes, "With 300,000 federal workers in the Baltimore area, we're seeing both clients and staff affected by the shutdown. If we can positively impact these individuals' health right now, we want to do it."

Federal employees are asked to call any Ojas location to schedule a massage and to look for class schedules online at OjasWellness.com.

Nearly a year after being acquired by rival Men's Wearhouse in a contentious takeover struggle, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers will lay off 122 employees at the company's corporate headquarters in Hampstead, a company spokesman said Monday.